By Jenny Gold – Tucked in remarks the president made on March 29th, the opioid epidemic was his announcement of a new task force on mental health parity aimed at ensuring that people with mental illnesses and substance abuse problems don’t face discrimination in the health care system.
By Darrell Hurt PhD – Because I lived overseas in 1986, I was not among the millions of school children who witnessed the Challenger space shuttle disaster on live TV. But President Reagan’s use of John G. Magee’s poetry to describe how the seven NASA astronauts…
By Taunya English – To hear a patient’s heart, doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and listen. Then, in 1816, things changed. Lore has it that 35-year-old Paris physician Rene Laennec was caring for a young woman who was apparently plump, with a bad heart and large breasts.
Find out what’s happening with some of our favorite guests. Wellcentive received some accolades recently and SA Ignite got certified. Strata Decision Technology and Azalea Health each formed promising partnerships, and CommonWell decided to delve into the post-acute market.
Industry-consumer coalition Clear Choices, with support from member organizations such as AARP and the National Consumers League, called on the HHS to put more accurate, intelligible health care data in the hands of health care consumers and stakeholders.
By Miriam Kelly – The CDC has a mission to create the expertise, information and tools that people and communities need to protect and improve public health. To achieve it, we need to understand the massive amounts of data that we collect in order to communicate vital information to keep people safe and healthy.
The 2016 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition (#HIMSS16) announced Sansoro Health (@SansoroHealth) as the winner of its 10th annual Venture+ Forum (#HITVenture) pitch competition for startup companies.
The GetMyHealthData Campaign embraces new guidance released by HSS for clearly stating that, among other things, patients should receive copies of their health information free of charge under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
HIMSS 2016: Transforming Health Through IT was February 29-March 4, 2016 in Las Vegas NV. Over 40,000 attendees, 1300 exhibitors, hours of sessions, meetups, greetups, networking, and socializing. Here some of what I saw…
By Michael J. Ackerman – Can you identify a pill by its shape, color, and markings? Chances are you can’t, but you know of times when it would be useful. You could use your smartphone to take a picture of a mystery pill and almost immediately see what it most likely could be.
Spok, Inc. announced that VCU Health handled all medical service communications for the 2015 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Cycling Championships with the support of Spok’s critical communication solutions.
Interactive Health, a national leader for its personalized wellness solutions, announced it is supporting the American Heart Association on a shared mission of improving health and reducing heart disease risk and death.
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